Dress-skirt shield



S. C. HANNAFORD.

DRESS SKIRT SHIELD. APPLICATION FILED APR.25, 1919.

1,364,276. Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DRESS-SKIRT SHIELD.

Application filed April 25, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SALLIE C. HANNAFORD, acitizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati,in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Dress- Skirt Shields, of which the following is aspecification.

lVomens dress skirts are prone to become wrinkled in the rear from theirsitting upon them. This is particularly true of silk skirts. Thistendency likewise is noted either from sitting in a heated room or inhot weather.

It has been attempted to overcome this defect in dress skirts, by meansof a shield of rubber sheeting, which is hung from the waist of thewearer, and extends to a point adjacent to the knees. However it hasbeen found that this sheeting has a tendency to become crumpled up andthis crumpled condition of the sheeting is imparted to the goods of theskirt. l tloreover this rubber sheeting is very uncomfortable and alsounhealthy, because it covers the portion of the body over the kidneys ofthe wearer.

An object of my invention is a shield that will protect the back of adress skirt from the perspiration of the wearer, and prevent the skirtfrom being wrinkled by the wearers sitting upon it, without causing herany physical discomfort.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of my dress shield, showing it in theposition it assumes when the wearer is standing.

Fig. 2, is a side view of my shield in its position when the wearer isin a sitting posture.

Fig. 3, is an elevation of my shield.

Fig. 4, is a sectional view thereof.

Itly dress shield. comprises a waist band, A, a seat portion B, and anintermediate portion D.

The waist band is composed oi a strip of tape, or other suitable meansfor encircling the must. Extending from the waist band to the bottom ofthe seat portion is a strip Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Serial No. 292,618.

of netting which tapers from the waist band to the top of the seatportion B. Within the netting, which is doubled upon itself in the seatportion, I place a rectangular piece of rubberized or waterproofmaterial I). I prefer to bind the edges of the intermediate portion Dand of the seat portion. B, with tape.

In use the wearer places the waist band around her waist and permits theseat portion to be hung from the rear of the waist band. Theintermediate portion being soft and pliable will conform to the shape ofthe back of the wearer and permit the seat portion to hang in a fiatunwrinkled condition in the rear of the limbs of the wearer. Hence whenthe wearer assumes a sitting posture, the seat portion takes a fiatunwrinkled position beneath her, and between her undershirt and herdress skirt. This prevents any moisture from her body from reaching thedress skirt and therefore, since the skirt will be held in acomparatively straight condition by the seat portion of the dressshield, will prevent the skirt from be coming wrinkled.

It is to be noted that the portion of my dress shield lying above thekidneys is porous and flexible and hence will cause the wearer nodiscomfort.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is A. dress skirt shieldcomprising a waist band, a seat portion and an intermediate portion, theseat portion and the intermediate portion having in common a strip ofnetting which is coextensive with the seat and the intermediate portionsand is doubled in the seat portion, and apiece of waterproof materialwhich is coextensive with the seat portion and is interposed between thelayers of the netting, leaving the interstices of the netting open.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 24th dayof April, 1919.

SALLIE' G. HANNAFORD.

